Congratulations to our new Council President-Elect, Ali Abedi
Ali Abedi, Dr. Ali Abedi is Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a professor of Electrical Engineering. He is Co-founder of IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE), served as IEEE Region-1 Northeastern Area Chair, Associate Editor for IEEE Journal of RFID, IEEE/KICS Journal of Communications and Networks (JCN), Vice President of Conferences and now as President-Elect for IEEE Council on Radio Frequency Identification (CRFID).
Congratulations to our new Council VP of Conferences,
Nuno Borge Carvalho
Nuno Borges Carvalho (S’97–M’00–SM’05-F’15) was born in Luanda, Angola, in 1972. He received the Diploma and Doctoral degrees in electronics and telecommunications engineering from the University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, in 1995 and 2000, respectively.
He is currently a Full Professor and a Senior Research Scientist with the Institute of Telecommunications, University of Aveiro. He coauthored Intermodulation in Microwave and Wireless Circuits (Artech House, 2003). He has been a reviewer and author of over 100 papers in magazines and conferences. He is associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Microwave Magazine and Cambridge Wireless Power Transfer Journal. He is the co-inventor of four patents. His main research interests include software-defined radio front-ends, wireless power transmission, nonlinear distortion analysis in microwave/wireless circuits and
systems, and measurement of nonlinear phenomena. He has recently been involved in the design of dedicated radios and systems for newly emerging wireless technologies.
Dr. Borges Carvalho is the chair of the IEEE MTT-11 Technical Committee. He is the chair of the URSI-Portugal Metrology Group. He was the recipient of the 1995University of Aveiro and the Portuguese Engineering Association Prize for the best 1995 student at the University of Aveiro, the 1998 Student Paper Competition (Third Place) of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (IEEE MTT-S) International Microwave Symposium (IMS), and the 2000 IEEE Measurement Prize.
Specialties: Nonlinear Distortion Evaluation
Power Amplifiers
Software defined radio transceivers
Wireless Power Transmission Circuits and Systems
Location systems based on RF
🚀 Dr. Spyros Daskalakis is an Assistant Professor at Heriot-Watt University, specializing in Radio Electronics for Sensors and Wireless Communications. He earned his Ph.D. from Heriot-Watt University’s renowned Antenna Engineering Group.
🌍 Born in Crete, Greece, Spyros pursued his engineering education at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Technical University of Crete, excelling in his undergraduate and master’s studies.
💼 Before joining Heriot-Watt University, Dr. Daskalakis worked as a Senior Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Engineer at Cirrus Logic in Edinburgh. He also gained experience in satellite communications during his tenure at Celestia UK.
🔬 His research focuses on developing ultra-low-power, cost-effective embedded systems and sensors, with significant contributions to RF and wireless communication technologies.
💡 Spyros is passionate about innovation and advancing the field of wireless communications and sensing. His work particularly emphasizes low-power radio communication, batteryless sensors, low-cost software-defined radio, environmental sensing, and RF energy harvesting.
🌐 For more details about his work and research interests, please visit his website: www.daskalakispiros.com.
